The Running Thread - 2026

[Herding_Cats]

I would just trim as much as feels comfortable and you should be okay. If you're worried about it snagging or something while you're on the court, you could always wrap a bit of athletic tape around it, but I've never actually had that happen except while putting on/taking off my socks.

As someone who perpetually has 4-7 toenails in varying non-standard states, I feel that I am an authority in this matter.

As someone who suddenly has 4 bruised toenails from my MW PR in fun, I feel this! I don’t get why this race did my toes in but here we are.

As someone who has had this issue many times over the years, I concur with WillRunForPizza. Since I went up yet another half a size in shoes, my toenails are doing way better. Nary a toenail issue after Dopey, which feels like a miracle!

thanks for confirming my instincts with this.

Also. I'm really annoyed that it's essentially taken 5 months for this to happen.

 

[accm]

I have a toe nail situation. Back in August, I got a blister under the nail of my right big toe during my trail race. Having experienced something similar one other time, I drained it immediately and it barely bruised. But I figured it would fall off at some point. And then, as the nail grew, there was this bubble-like ridge that formed laterally across the nail, and I assumed that a new nail was growing underneath. (I was correct.)

Well as of (checks watch) 15 minutes ago, the left side of the "bad" part of the nail has [finally] detached. But the problem is that it hasn't released all the way across. Meaning that on the right side it's still attached to the nail bed.

I will not include a picture of the actual toe. But here is a diagram of what I have going on. I need to trim some part of this thing off, but I'm not sure how aggressive I should be. As this is only the 2nd bruised/black/lost nail I've experienced in 5 years, please help me figure this out because I have to leave for a basketball game in 2 hours.

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I had a somewhat similar situation that also took forever for the nail to start detaching. I'm a baby though and put a bandaid on it until it was fully ready to fall out.

 

[Novatrix]

Wanna trade? I’m running a half on Sunday and the starting temp is forecasted to be 65. That’s about 20 degrees warmer than I prefer. I’d much rather run in 20F than 70F.

So, I have no race on Sunday, but will happily exchange our predicted 18F at 8am Sunday with you if that's on the table. If a race is required, I can improvise.

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

I would just trim as much as feels comfortable and you should be okay. If you're worried about it snagging or something while you're on the court, you could always wrap a bit of athletic tape around it, but I've never actually had that happen except while putting on/taking off my socks.

As someone who perpetually has 4-7 toenails in varying non-standard states, I feel that I am an authority in this matter.

I concur. Also, I have in the past trimmed off what could be comfortably taken off, and used superglue to glue down the loose part so that it doesn't snag and tear off.

OK, I need to crowd source a question: DW gave me an OpenMove headset for Christmas 2021, which I then used for Dopey 2022 and I don't know how many runs since then. In the past few days, the left side of it has quit working. When I called Shokz a few minutes ago, the help person said it was out of warranty and they don't do repairs.
I get that they are way out of warranty, but I hate to just toss them, and I see that they sell refurbished, which may be why I thought that they did repairs.
Thoughts or comments? Did I have a not-so-trained help person, or is it simply time to upgrade?

 

[marty3d]

So, I have no race on Sunday, but will happily exchange our predicted 18F at 8am Sunday with you if that's on the table. If a race is required, I can improvise.

I'll take your 18F if someone can take my -17F (feels like -27F) at about the same time, I can't even walk my dog in that weather and she's half Bernese.

 

[Naomeri]

Wanna trade? I’m running a half on Sunday and the starting temp is forecasted to be 65. That’s about 20 degrees warmer than I prefer. I’d much rather run in 20F than 70F.

You two need to split the difference

 

[camaker]

Wanna trade? I’m running a half on Sunday and the starting temp is forecasted to be 65. That’s about 20 degrees warmer than I prefer. I’d much rather run in 20F than 70F.

I'll take that trade! Sunday at 8a it's going to be 24deg with a feels like of 13deg and freezing rain here. We're supposed to get ~3/4" of ice coating over the weekend into Monday. Hope everyone stays safe with this winter storm sweeping through!

Viva La Team Toasty!